The Arab world
is perhaps one of the
toughest regions of the
world. Alongside
economic rigor and the
establishment of glazed
authoritarian regimes
that, until the
2010-2011 revolts,
seemed would last
forever, the consistent
element of war can help
explain what it is that
makes Algiers or Aden
harder to live in than
other cities of the
postcolonial third
world. Since 1945, the
Arab world has been the
stage for an impressive
number of wars and
invasions, involving
local interests and
external powers.

War and
Other (Impossible)
Possibilities
is a reflection on the
paths of history and
its implication over
practices and
discourses of
contemporary Arab
artists. The
publication attempts
to be an eye opener to
understand the changes
in Arab societies from
within, through a
historical analysis of
the region, based on
striking artworks.